[TriLUG] OT schools

[Greg Brown]

Speaking as someone who used to review technical resumes back in the 
heyday I can say that a four year degree in a field related to 
computers is great but if I were looking at two candidates both with 
four year degrees and one who had a certificate or two from a local 
tech school, such as Wake Tech, I would give the nod to the four 
year/cert. combination every time (assuming the candidates are equal in 
all other respects).

Since the market for technology is in such disarray right now I'd say 
that attending a four year school is a good idea and by the time he or 
she graduates I would expect they would have a better idea of which 
area of concentration they would like to base their career on 
(networks, system admin, programming, etc).   But once your kid 
graduates get him or her straight to a good two-year tech school to get 
certifications in whichever primary, and maybe even secondary, field of 
interest they might find.  The extra 6 months or year in a two year 
school will be worth 10x what it costs in time and money to complete 
the courses, IMHO.

I think it's been said already, but four year schools are great for 
theory and general knowledge but sometimes nothing beats hands-on 
classes you'll get at a local tech school.  A combination of both is 
unbeatable, IMHO.

Just my $.02.

Greg

On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 06:36 AM, Jim Ray wrote:

> There is absolutely *no* replacement for the school of hard knocks.  If
> you really want to succeed in the IT profession, get the software and
> load it up.  Over and over again.
>
> I'll take practical experience over book knowledge any day.
>
> Now, there's a lot to be said about that 4 year degree as far as
> employment goes...
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jason Tower [mailto:jason at cerient.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 9:10 PM
>> To: trilug at trilug.org
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT schools
>>
>> many of the IT people i know are recent graduates of the school of
> hard
>> knocks.
>>
>> jason
>>
>> On Sunday 23 March 2003 19:38, Merle Watts wrote:
>>> Any body know which schools in North Carolina are good for IT.  My
> kid
>> is
>>> in UNC Pembroke taking computer science, but they don't have the
> classes
>> he
>>> wants.  He's interested in Network Administration and also
> Unix/Linux.
>>>
>>> Looking into transfering and he doesn't want the most expensive
> schools.
>>> Just good ones.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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